"Miss + Me, myself, and I"

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Lilly

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I am brand new to this site and I may be repeating or addressing something that has been previously posted.

I have never been called "Miss + my first name" by other adults. As adults, I am meaning 21 years of age. I was at a University for a couple years and it was appropriate for the students to call me by this title. I never asked them to refer to me in this way, but the title they gave me felt respectful given the fact that they were college students and I was staff.
Lately everywhere I go, I am hearing this title way too often. My guy friends are not called "Mr Joe" and my married female friends are not addressed, "Mrs/Ms Mary". I do communicate with the majority of those who address me in this way, and they understand completely. Still, day in and day out, it's becoming a very repetitive issue, and I'm beginning to hate my name! Searching “Miss and first name at the website; www.grammarly.com, I found this information: “It is appropriate to refer to Girls under the age of 18, as Miss. Technically, any unmarried woman can be referred to as Miss, but the title can feel a bit juvenile and immature when addressing women of a certain age, or women who've been divorced.”

I was hoping for some positive feedback and encouragement from some of you. Thanks so much!
 

Welcome!

I call my niece who's 28 Ms. and her first name. However I've been doing that since she was about 12 or so. She hasn't asked me to stop but maybe she doesn't like it. I'll bring it up the next time I see her. Thanks for giving me your perspective on my nickname for my niece. It may actually be a non issue in a few years as she is working towards her PhD so then I'll call her Dr. first name.
 
welcome to the forum.

i get called miss marci and i don't have a problem with it. i have never been offended by it and i still don't understand what the problem is with it. i'd rather be called miss than some other alternative. but i'm from kansas and things are apparently different here. lol!
 

Hi Lilly,welcome glad you found us
I don't like particuarly like being called'Miss' but it doesn't happen too often.Whenever I have to fill out a form of some kind,I don't put any thing in front of my name
You'll meet wonderful group of members from around the world here at SF
Where do you call home?
Sue in Buffalo,NY
 
Mama or Mommy is what strangers call me at their own peril. Although..............when young hispanic men call me that I don't seem to mind as much. I think they say it with affection.
 
When it comes to titles for the ladies the French have nailed it. A young woman is Mademoiselle, whilst a woman that has reached an age where she's of a certain stature, is called Madame. The French elongate the second letter "a" to make it sound Mad-arm. Not the English way of Madam, which sounds more like someone who runs a bordello.
 
Well, in the grand scheme of things, I don’t think it really matters.
Welcome Tilly... you may call me Dana 🐞🐞🐞
 
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Hi Lilly, Hi Lilly, Hi Low 🎶 (sorry, couldn’t help myself 😁)

I am 73 and get addressed as Ma’am by people who don’t know my name, or me. Sounded kind of old ladyish when I first started hearing it, but what the heck. It was respectful and am honored by it.

Miss, I, personally, would only use when addressing someone under 20 or so. And for men of all ages, sir.

I guess if it were a teacher or someone that I HAD to use a title, along with a first name, it would be Miss or Ms (is single) or Mrs (if married) and Mr for all males.

At any rate, LILY, welcome from Wisconsin and you can call me Kate 💕
 
Hi Lilly..
Welcome from Florida🌴🌴🐊🐊🌴🌴

When I was dating in my late teen years and early 20s some of the guys would call me miss and my last name just being flirty or friendly and I really enjoyed that🙂
Then I never heard a miss plus a first or last name until I moved from Cal to Florida. No one in Cal ever called me miss and my first name. but it was very common in Fl . My daughter explained it was not unusual so I have become kind of used to it..but I can't say I like it very much...At first I thought it was an age thing since it routinely came from people younger.

I grew up in Louisiana and lived there until I graduated and never remember using or hearing that
 
Welcome Lilly .... 'Miss' seems to be part of the southern culture. You always hear it around here, females of any age.
 

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